Hi, after don't lots of searching and a few opinions I'm more confused then when I started. Quick info, I'm re modeling a bathroom due to toilet leak. The house was built in 1956. The walls are 1/4'' gypsum bored with plaster on top making them 3/4'' thick.
Now getting to the batbtub is where I'm confused. I'm going to be putting in a corian solid surface wall kit. I was going to just demo the walls and start over with new cement board. I discovered the tiles came off fairly easy and seemed to be glued on. I quickly cleared the walls.
I was thinking about scraping the walls to get a flush surface to adhere the corian. I inspected around the faucet and the walls seem to be very thick cement with wire mesh in it. Another reason I wasn't excited to tear it out. I had a few remodelers tell me that I'd have to cut up a foot or 2 and at least replace that because there's most likely mold behind the walls with how they look.
To me it looks like back in the day because there probably wasnt a shower they only tiled 2 feet up and finished the rest of the wall. I pulled the access panel and from the little I could see it looked like there were some water stations but no mold or the smell of mold/mildew. Can anyone give me any suggestions please. This is my first remodel and I'm trying to do what I can. Thanks
Now getting to the batbtub is where I'm confused. I'm going to be putting in a corian solid surface wall kit. I was going to just demo the walls and start over with new cement board. I discovered the tiles came off fairly easy and seemed to be glued on. I quickly cleared the walls.
I was thinking about scraping the walls to get a flush surface to adhere the corian. I inspected around the faucet and the walls seem to be very thick cement with wire mesh in it. Another reason I wasn't excited to tear it out. I had a few remodelers tell me that I'd have to cut up a foot or 2 and at least replace that because there's most likely mold behind the walls with how they look.
To me it looks like back in the day because there probably wasnt a shower they only tiled 2 feet up and finished the rest of the wall. I pulled the access panel and from the little I could see it looked like there were some water stations but no mold or the smell of mold/mildew. Can anyone give me any suggestions please. This is my first remodel and I'm trying to do what I can. Thanks